Kerenza Bryson wins brilliant bronze as Bath-based Pentathlon GB athletes contest first UIPM World Cup of Olympic season in Cairo
Pentathlon GB’s Kerenza Bryson won a brilliant bronze and there were top-10 finishes for Kate French and Charlie Brown when Cairo hosted the first UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Cup of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games season.
Bryson went into the women’s final sitting in fifth place after the fencing ranking round and made an excellent start to the day by scoring a maximum 300 points in the riding.
She then clocked 2:26.19 in the swim to start the decisive laser-run in fourth place, nine seconds behind France’s Marie Otieza who Bryson quickly overhauled to claim the final podium place behind Hungary’s Michelle Gulyas and Sunwoo Kim of South Korea.
Reigning Olympic Champion French, on her first World Cup appearance since June 2022, produced solid performances in both the fencing and swimming but picked up 14 penalty points in the riding. That meant she started the run-shoot in seventh and she went on to cross the finish line in that position too.
University of Bath Sports Management and Coaching student Brown marked his 21st birthday by being GB’s sole representative in the men’s final. He sat one place outside the medals after strong performances in the fencing, riding and swimming but a challenging laser-run meant he had to eventually settle for 10th place overall.
The next World Cup is taking place in Ankara, Turkey from 16-21 April.
The University of Bath has been home to Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre since 1998. Visit teambath.com/modern-pentathlon to find out more.
